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Future Watch 2024
Our annual Future Watch edition is now 116 pages packed with info examining the prospect pipeline for each NHL club and counting down the top 100 prospects in the game. In our NHL Team Reports, you'll find scouting reports for the top 10 prospects for each organization. In addition, we take an in-depth look at two teams with the best systems: the St. Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings. And we also have features on several of the game's best youngsters, including Matvei Michkov, Will Smith, Liam Ohgren and Adam Gajan.
2024 PROJECTED TOP 10
1. MACK CELEBRINI C, 6-0, 190 Boston University (HE) Celebrini is one of the NCAA’s top scorers, and he’s doing so as a 17-year-old – which is incredible. Not only has he been golden for the Terriers, but he was far and away Canada’s best player at the world juniors. SCOUT SAYS: “I think there’s a Bedard hangover, because this guy is incredible. The hockey sense, the skill, the puck protection and second-effort. What I hear about his work habits – he’s outperforming guys in college already. For me, he’s clear-cut. No one’s even close to challenging him.” 2. ANTON SILAYEV D, 6-7, 207 Nizhny Novgorod (KHL) With his condor-like wingspan, Silayev can make a lot of plays in his own zone, especially since he moves so well for a big man. Got off to a record-setting offensive…
GRADES WITH TEETH
IT’S ALWAYS GREAT seeing an ‘A’ grade on your favorite team’s report card when it comes to prospect depth. But don’t be so hard to judge if those ‘C’ and ‘D’ grades get you concerned about your team’s future. Many contending teams sacrifice prospects and high draft picks in order to stay in the Stanley Cup hunt. That takes a toll on the feeder system. To help level the playing field, this handicapping system shows how each team is doing in relation to others, taking into account how early or late it makes its first draft selection since 2020. So, a team that drafts early a lot – Anaheim, Detroit, Buffalo and Columbus have the four earliest first-draft-pick slots on average in the past four years – should have an exceptional…
JERSEY HOUND
LOOK, AT THIS POINT, we just have to accept something: when it comes to jerseys, the San Jose Sharks…Do. Not. Miss. The NHL’s teal flagbearers recently unveiled a new third jersey they call ‘Cali Fin,’ and it’s spectacular. The shark mascot is swapped out for a slick fin crest that lives up to the organization’s high sartorial standards. On the shoulder, the jersey boasts an excellent secondary logo featuring the fin and an outline of the state with “Northern California” encircling it and a star denoting the Bay Area squad’s home. And as a final flourish, the jersey’s sleeves feature a “yarn-dye pattern” that is also found on the socks.…
Q&A Tom Stillman
W. GRAEME ROUSTAN: You’re a hockey guy, born in the State of Hockey? TOM STILLMAN: Born in Minnesota in Minneapolis. The North Stars came when I was already in high school, so it wasn’t part of growing up, but we all became North Stars fans pretty quickly, with the Gump (Worsley) and all. WGR: Then you moved to Vermont to go to college at Middlebury? It was like a heat wave when you went to Vermont? TS: Oh, it was much milder. It was very different from Minnesota. Although all the New York kids thought this was really miserable. We, the Minnesotans, thought it was really pleasant. WGR: What was the overall experience for you going to school and being able to play the game you love? TS: It was, I shouldn’t say this, but…
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